Stop!!
You use RoundRobin as PathPolicy for iSCSI and this is how you get phys. Redundancy.
If you go for your redundancy than you must take care of the VLAN because the 2nd. NIC needs it also. From a SC perspective this is not a Dual Fabric any more.
Now Stop again and back to start. You told us now that you also have a Dell PS(EqualLogicI) also.
EQL requires:
- Single Subnet/VLAN which take all Ports
- pSwitches have a ISL
- Single vSwitch with at least >=2 VMKs an one active VMNIC, others are unused
- VMK Binding to the swISCSI
CMPL requires:
- Depending on the number of FD multiple Subnets/IP
- pSwitches are separated and no ISL. If you use pSwitches which are combined than you separate the FDs with VLANs
- >=2 vSwitches with one VMK/VMNIC
- NO VMK Binding to the swISCSI
As you see these are to different setups. I am unable to configure a ESXi which handle both way at same time because of the VMK binding. ESXi trys to reach each iSCSI Target port from every VMK and this is not possible. Ends in incredible boot times depending of the number of LUNs and missing Datastores after a Host reboot.
To make it possible Dell released a Guide how to make a SC and PS compatible and you configure SC with a single Subnet and one/two FDs. I have such a setup in the house for 4 years now and both storages also use sync. replications (SC LiveVolume and PS Sync.Rep).
What kind of SC do you have? I ask because only the entry level SC is use installable on paper. The joke is that all upper models are use the same Tool for setup today and you need to be a certified SC installer (which i am).
Regards,
Joerg